(05/31/2020) Pastor Chris addresses his congregation concerning the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer up in Minnesota and the aftermath that followed. Listen as he seeks to offer a Biblical perspective to Johnston Union FWB Church. (Proverbs 6:16-19)

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God Hates Hate

(05/24/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 11 - The Book of Second Samuel is all about the kingship of David, which is a very expressive type of Jesus as our King. While David was king of the Jews, Jesus is the King of all Creation, the King of kings. Listen as Pastor Chris shares about Jesus, the King. 

"Jesus, the King" Christ in 2 Samuel

(05-10-2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 09 - The Book of Ruth is a beautiful rose amongst the thorns that was the Judges Stage. It's a marvelous love story between a man and woman, and yet...it's all about Christ. Listen as Pastor Christ helps us experience Christ through the Book of Ruth.

"The LORD Thy Redeemer" Christ in Ruth

(05/17/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 10 - The First Book of Samuel records another transition in the history of Israel. The birth of a prophet-priest is followed by the people demanding a king so they could be like the rest of the nations surrounding them. So God allows them to have one, but it wasn't long before that king is rejected and He chose one Himself. Listen as Pastor Christ shows Christ in the lives of three different characters in the Book: Samuel, David, and Jonathan.

"This is He" Christ in 1 Samuel

(05/03/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 08 - Our sermon series brings us to the Book of Judges. Pastor Chris shows us that in a time when there was no visible king and everyone did what was right in there own eyes, there actually was and still is an Eternal King in whose eyes we must always do right. In the judges stage, that Immortal King, though angry with his disobedient and unfaithful people, was always faithful to raise up judges that were deliverers of His people. Listen as Pastor Chris chooses a few of them to show that they are all types and foreshadows of Jesus Christ the "Judge of all the Earth."

"The LORD the Judge" Christ in Judges

(04/19/2020) I WILL RISE 4 - This is the final message in the Easter Sermon Series. This sermon was delivered the Sunday after Easter as Pastor Chris looks to the future Resurrection of believers. He also presents the future resurrection that unbelievers have in store, and it is not good. (Job 19:25-27) 

Raising You

(04/26/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 07 - Following the Easter Sermon Series, Pastor Chris picks back up his series through each book of the Bible (one book a week) preaching Christ in all the Scriptures. Before Easter he finished the Pentateuch, which means this message picks up with the Book of Joshua. Joshua is a military man, and the book is largely a book of battles. As Christianity experiences more and more persecution in today's world, it is nice to know we have a leader greater than Joshua, we have the Captain of the LORD's Army, Jesus Christ.

"Captain of the LORD's Host" Christ in Joshua

(04/12/2020) I WILL RISE 03 - It's Easter Sunday and we serve a Risen Savior. We know He is Risen because the evidence is emphatic. But sometimes we lose sight of it, and we wander into sin. Other have never caught sight of it, and are still in their sin and lost. Listen as Pastor Chris shares with us what impedes our sight, what we can do to improve our sight, and even how we can gain insight. (John 20:1-10) 

Raising Jesus

(04/05/2020) I WILL RISE 02 - We continue our Easter sermon series with another resurrection account. This time it is the nation of Israel. On what we refer to as Palm Sunday, commemorating the Triumphal Entry, Jesus presented Himself as King. But a king needs a people. Listen as Pastor Chris shares that how one day Jesus will complete the resurrection of His people, Israel, and will reign over them...and the Church with Him! (Ezekiel 37:1-14)

"Raising Israel"

(03/29/2020) I WILL RISE 1 - It was not meant for humans to die, and be separated from loved ones. It was not meant for us to have to weep for them. But it is where the devil's deception in the Garden has brought us. But believers anticipate a resurrection of their bodies to be glorified and reunited with their souls to enjoy the presence and fellowship of the Lord Jesus Christ forever, because He has secured. He is the resurrection and the life. Listen as Pastor Chris shares Jesus raising Lazarus, and how it was never about Lazarus, but all bout HIM. (John 11)

"Raising Lazarus"

(03/22/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 06 - As this series comes to the capstone of the Pentateuch, we see the children of Israel ready to enter the Promised Land after having overcome the wilderness for 40, being preserved by a God who was always greater than any obstacle. Listen to Pastor Chris as he shows us it was always a picture of Christ being the Greater One.

"Greater is He" Christ In Deuteronomy

(03/15/2020) Coronavirus has cause deaths in the thousands which means hundreds of thousands are grieving. But all grief is a reminder of the frailty of life. It’s reminder of our own sinfulness. All grief is a call to repentance…and that is an act of mercy on God’s behalf. In the midst of Coronavirus, we need to experience Christ far more than we need to experience closing churches, we need to equip ourselves and other Christians far more than we need to equip ourselves with hand sanitizer and toilet paper, we need to risk engaging the culture about repentance far more than we need to isolate ourselves from the culture in fear or preservation. (Luke 13:1-9)

God's Mercy With Coronavirus

(03/08/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 05 - Though the Israelites wandered in the wilderness 40 years, God never left them and was their constant guide. Listen as Pastor Chris shows the Book of Numbers depicting God in Christ as their way in the wilderness, and our way in the wilderness of this world.

"I Am The Way" Christ In Numbers

(03/01/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 04 - It's a popular saying that, "Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship." While true, we can't maximize the relationship with Jesus while minimizing His holiness. If the Jesus you claim to have a relationship with is not holy, then that Jesus cannot save you. And, if your relationship with Jesus does not motivate you to strive for holiness, something is wrong with your relationship with Him. Listen as Pastor Chris shares how Leviticus reveals Christ as being holy, and demanding our holiness in return.

"I Am Holy" Christ in Leviticus

(02/23/2020) EXPERIENCING CHRIST 03 - This third message of the sermon series takes us to the book of Exodus. Here, Pastor Chris shows us how Exodus pictures Christ as the Deliverer of the people of God. Listen as we see Christ as our deliverer from death, emptiness, and loneliness.

"The LORD...My Deliverer" Christ In Exodus

This the preaching ministry of Chris Bagley, who desires to help people experience Christ through His Word. Chris is the pastor of Johnston Union FWB Church in Clayton, NC and is a professor of theology at Carolina Bible Institute & Seminary in Pine Level, NC.

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